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Situation in China Report (Paper CRC 15/88)
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Ag PA said that in a sense this paper was a political
footnote to the last one. The wider political consequences of the shift in attitude to economic reform would only appear after a while. The immediate political effect was that speculation had centred on Zhao's position. He was personally associated with
reform and his rise had been as a result of his reform
success in Szechuan. When he had moved from the post of
premier to that of Secretary General, people had said
that he would not give up dealing with the economy.
This had now changed. He himself had said that he was no longer running the day to day economic affairs. Ag
PA said that he would not be surprised if Zhao had been
persuaded to withdraw from the economic arena. This
could have been the result of Deng advising him to
disassociate himself from the various problems.
Alternatively, those who were against his line of
'biting the bullet on price reform' could have forced
him out of direct involvement. If the Chinese were only
slowing down on reform and still intended to move
forward in a steady way, then it was possible that Zhao
would return. Ag PA, however, said that he hesitated to
speculate as to what might happen to Zhao should the economic management exercise the Chinese were engaged
upon fail.
Any Other Business
(a) Visits to Guangdong
It was confirmed to SLW that Governor Ye of
Guangdong Province would no longer be coming to
Hong Kong in November. SLW informed members that
by December the options for the PADS study would
be shortlisted. Information would then be needed
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